What is the meaning of "what your right hands possess," "what their right hands possess," "what their right hands possess" (feminine), and "what your right hand possesses"? What is the Sharia ruling on that? And are "the Overturned Cities" in His (the Almighty's) saying: "And Pharaoh came and those before him and the Overturned Cities with the sin" the people of Lot or the people of Shu'aib?

The Qur'anic verses mention "Al-Mu'tafikāt" (the Overturned Cities), which are the towns that were overthrown due to their sins. According to most exegetes, "Al-Mu'tafikāt" refers to the people of Lot who committed great indecency, or it is a general term for all nations that disbelieved their messengers and were destroyed due to their sins. Ibn al-Jawzi mentioned that among the interpretations is that they are the people of Lot, or Korah and his people, or those who perished due to sins, most of which were lying. It was not mentioned that they were the people of Shu'aib.